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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 2001; v. 34; issue.3; p. 242
© 2001 Geological Society of London

Editorial

Editorial

Mike Packman

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GoI was please to step into the breach as the new Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, following the resignation of Alan Forster, who felt unable to devote the amount of time and attention the Editorship requires. Alan and his predecessor Chris Clayton did a great deal to improve the reviewing process of papers and expand the area of interest by changing both the title and the format of the Journal. I am therefore extremely grateful to both of them for inheriting a thriving publication.


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The decision to accept the editorship was reached only after careful consideration, not least because I am the first hydrogeologist to hold the position. I therefore wish to reassure the readership right from the start that Engineering Geology is, and will always be, the main applied geological interest of the Journal, as it has always been a larger sub-discipline of geology than hydrogeology. This is relfected in the first ymposium in Print, which will be on landslides and will take up much of the first issue next year.

I am pleased that Jane Dottridge, an active member of the existing Editorial Board, has agreed to take my place as Assistant Scientific Editor (Hydrogeology). Jane has extensive experience in academia and consultancy and will be invaluable in maintaining the high standard of hydrogeological papers published.

However the application of geology is changing with much more consideration being given to the impact on the environment. The interaction between geology and human activity . . . [Full Text of this Article]